I'm Kim Matthews, and I am a Christian. Honestly, there are a thousand things the human heart could say to answer that question. Some might say they just realized how great God is, or that it was their own wisdom that led them to choose the Lord. But for me, the real reason I’m a Christian is because His love is so strong.
In Song of Solomon 8:6, it talks about His love being stronger than death—a vehement flame. And it’s not just referring to physical death. It’s about all the things that came to destroy and bring death to my life since I was a child—death to the hope of ever having healthy, whole relationships, death to joy, death to dreams. So many things the enemy tried to kill while I was still young and didn’t know how to fight back.
But God—His love was stronger. He kept chasing after me, showing me that He was real in ways I could understand. As a child, a high school student, an elementary student, a college student—He kept showing up. And the ways He did that couldn’t be explained by anything other than: “The Lord is good, and His love endures forever.”
One day, that strong love caught me. It grabbed my heart, and there was nothing left for me to do but surrender and say, “Thank You. Thank you for not giving up on me. Thank You for continuing to love me when I didn’t understand, when my heart was broken, when all I wanted to do was run from anything connected to Yahweh.”
His love was so strong—that’s why I’m a Christian. That’s also why I’ve been able to keep going all these years—through pain, setbacks, delays, confusion, and longing for more. His love just kept chasing my heart. And because He loved me, I loved Him back.
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